Vol. 1Volume 1

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Chapters 1–50 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Food Truck and the Fallen

Lin Rui built a charitable food-truck business while confronting supernatural threats tied to the church and the Gershwin Theatre. After helping stop a deadly monster and exposing Doyle’s crimes, he arranged to meet a DEA agent as Doyle searched for him.

  • Lin Rui arrived in Newark, escaped the study-abroad agent who had mistreated him, and reported the agent’s illegal transport operation to airport police.
  • Lin Rui found shelter with Essen Borg, discovered that the church became a sanctuary in Nightmare Space, and joined Borg on patrol against corrupted fallen people.
  • Lin Rui started tutoring Toby and helped the Jones family launch a food-truck charity project with Linda, turning donated ingredients into a busy business.
  • Lin Rui completed Toby’s first tutoring mission, encountered Sophia Kaman in Nightmare Space, and used her Suggestion Technique to push Toby toward studying and losing weight.
  • Lin Rui told Essen Borg about Sophia, completed the Same-City Vigil quest, and helped Borg drive back the darkness threatening the shelter.
  • Lin Rui learned Doyle was extorting the food-truck operators and theatre staff, then confronted the theatre’s corrupt assistant manager and entered Nightmare Space to face a possessed security guard.
  • Lin Rui and Sophia defeated Tyrant in Nightmare Space while NYPD officers killed Campbell in the theatre, and Sophia recognized Lin Rui as the demon hunter from her dream.
  • Lin Rui reported Doyle’s extortion and drug dealing to Essen Borg, and DEA Agent Robin called to arrange a meeting after receiving Borg’s tip.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Bronx Gym Project

Lin Rui built a church gym program to steer Toby, Molly, and neighborhood children away from gangs while growing stronger and confronting gang leader George. After George and his men died in a nightmare Lin Rui brought to them, rumors cast Lin Rui as a mob boss, and the police were left with an inexplicable case.

  • Agent Robin arrested Doyle after he confronted Lin Rui at the food truck, while Lin Rui completed his mission to help the Jones family and began dream training with Sophia.
  • Lin Rui trained with Toby, completed Toby’s weight-loss mission, and used an enhancement card that gave him extraordinary strength before killing a robber who threatened them.
  • Lin Rui agreed to protect Molly from gang influence, then showed her the horrors of the Nightmare Space during a patrol with Pastor Borg.
  • When George’s gang attacked at the gym, Lin Rui, Toby, Molly, and the students fought back, and police footage confirmed that the group had acted in self-defense.
  • Lin Rui asked Sophia for help protecting Molly and himself, then accepted Pastor Essen Borg’s offer to turn the gym into a charitable project for local students.
  • Lin Rui used the Nightmare Space to guide Molly toward changing her behavior and recruited Adrian to help bring children from nearby blocks to the gym.
  • After George planned to cripple Lin Rui and target Toby and Molly, Lin Rui confronted him and his men in a nightmare and killed all four after they transformed into demons.
  • Police investigated the men’s bizarre deaths while Lin Rui continued the gym program, and rumors that he had killed George spread among the students and neighborhood.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read